[Severe hyponatremia in patient with tumor of mediastinum].
Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte derangement occurring in hospitalized patients. The study presents a case of severe hyponatremia (range 93.2 mEq/l) in 67-year-old women presented weakness and neurological abnormalities. Laboratory tests showed additional electrolyte abnormalities such as hypokaliemia, hypomphosphatemia and hypomagnesemia. The cause of syndrome of inadequate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) in reported patient was lung carcinoma.
Pałgan
Krzysztof
K
Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Collegium Medicum w Bydgoszczy, Katedra i Klinika Alergologii, Immunologii Klinicznej i Chorób Wewnetrznych. palgank@wp.pl
Przybyszewski
Michał
M
Bartuzi
Zbigniew
Z
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000209:etiology; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000209:etiology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013577:Syndrome